Non-refillable bottle.



M. BERGER &@R. WBISBACH.

NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED snmuz, 1913;

1,108,09 1. Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

W] TNESS ES:

INVENTORS Max .Beryer A runn- HIE NORRIS PE. TENS Cu. Pnom l ITHQ. wAs/fllvuroN. u u.

MAX I-BERGER'AND: RUDOLPH WEISBACI-Z,

OI SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA; SAID \VEISBACH ASSIGNOR I0 SAID BERGER.

NON'REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed September 2, 1613.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914. Serial No. 787,576.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MAX BERGER and RUDOLPH Heisman, citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a non-refillable bottle.

It is the object of this invention to provide a device which maybe attached to the neck of a bottle to prevent the bottle being refilled after its contents have been removed, and which device is simple in construct-ion and eflicient in operation.

A further object is to provide a valved structure for insertion in a bottle neck, which is so constructed that the valve can not be unseated by jarring or vibrating the bottle. and which structure is so formed that wires or other implements can not be introduced therein to dislodge the valve, but which will permit of a free flow of the liquid from the bottle when the latter is in a horizontal or inclined position.

The invention primarily resides in a tube adapted to be placed in the neck of a bottle having an inlet opening at its lower end, normally closed by a loose ball disposed in terior of the tube, said tube also formed with a'closed upper end provided with discharge perforations, a partition in the tube below its upper end formed with a curved passage leading from one side of the partition to the other, and a pocket in the inner wall of the tube adapted to receive the ball when the tube is disposed in horizontal position. i i

The invention further consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, havingre-ference to the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure l is a vertical section of the invention, as applied and disposed in an upright position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the invention, showing it as disposed in an inclined position. Fig. 3 is a horizontal. section .on the line .al-a of Fig. 1.

In the drawings A represents the neck of a bottle which is preferably formed with a downwardly convergent inner wall tcrrninating in a shoulder or bead 2 at any convenient point, here shown at the intersection and cemented outlet or discharge l formed in the side walls of the portion 8.

of the neck with the body portion of the bottle.

The essence of this invention resides in a tube 3 adapted to be inserted in the neck A r otherwise permanently attached thereto. The tube 3 is cylindrical in form and is preferably made with a tapered exterior wall conforming to the convergent inner wall of the bottle neck A; the lower end of the tube 3 being shaped to abut against the shoulder 2 to support the tube in position in the bottle neck. The lower end of the tube 3 is closed with the exception of a central discharge opening at which leads from its underside and terminates in a concaved face 5, which forms a valve seat for a loose ball Gdisposed in the tube 3. A ring or washer 7 of a suitable resilient material surrounds the upper end of the openin 4 and rests on the concave face 5; the was ier 7 being shaped on its upper face to conform to the ball 6, and is of such size that its outer marginal edges will extend approximately around the lower half of the ball (3. The washer 7 thus forms resilient cup or seat for the ball 6 and acts as a suction member to prevent the ball 6 from being unseated when the device is in a vertical position by vibrating or jarring the bottle. The ball 6 is of a diameter slightly less than that of the interior of the tube 3 so as to prevent side wise movement of the ball when the device is in its vertical position. The upper end of the tube 3 is formed with a reduced portion 8 and is closed at its outer end; a series of perforations 9 being Formed in the tube 3, immediately below the closed upper end, is a partition 10 which converges into a goose-necked central portion 11 having a curved passage 12 therein which opens at one end below the partition 10 and at the other end above the partition 10. Formed in the inner wall of the tube 3,

elow the partition 10. is an inward projection or shoulder 13 which is provided for the purpose ofpreventing the ball 6 from striking the partition 10 when the device is inclined. As a means for introducing the ball 6 into the tube 3 before the latter is placed in the bottle neck A, and also to form a recess or pocket in the tube 3 for the reception of the ball 6 after the tube 3 is in position in the bottle neck, an opening 14 of a diameter corres 'ionding to that of the ball U is formed in the wall of the tube it immediately below the shoulder 3. The lower wall of the opening .ll: is inclined downwardly from the outer 'lface of the tube to its inner face to term a channel to for directing the ball into the pocket termed by the opening ll when the device is disposed in its inclined position.

in the application and operation of the invention the bottle is tilled to a point immediately below the shoulder 2, and the tube 3 containing the loose ball. 6 is inserted .in the neck it. and is permanently held in place therein by cement or in any other suit able manner. The tube 3 is of such length that when positioned in the bottle neck A its upper end will be disposed a sullicient distance below the mouth 01. the bottle necl; thata corh or other stopper may be applied to the mouth of the bottle in the usual manner.

l v'hen it is desired to pour a quantity oi? the contents (it the bottle 'herel'from, the

F latter is tilted into an inclined position, as

shown in Fig. 2, with the pocket l t on the lliltltflffiiltltl. the ball (3 will then roll down the channel '15 into the pocket l-l: so as to permit the liquid in the bottle to pass through the discharge opening; at. rate the interior ot the tube 3, from whence it passe. through the itshaped or curved passage 19?. and out through the discl'iarge perform tions 9.

For the purpose of insuring a steady flow oi the liquid from the interior otthe tube -3, a vent opening It is formed in the parti. tion 10 adjacent to the lower opening; ot the passage 12; this vent serving to permit the how of air into the interior oil? tl tube 3 when the latter is inclined. to displace the liquid removed from the bottle. dlhen the desired amount o'l liquid has been removed from the bottle and the latter is restored to its vertical position the ball ti will drop into the resilient cup T and etlectiurlly close the opening); lso that liquid can not be introduced into the bottle through the heel: thereol. The pertorated. portion h Forms an obstruction tor the introduction of im- Copies oi. this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the the tube 3, thereby prevent ing the ball (3 from being maliciously tampered witln The Jartition 10 also serves as a further preventive ot the introduction oil? implements in the tube 3, and at the same time serves in conjunction with the goose-neck 11 to form a trap for preventing of liquid from the outer end pl ements into the tree rlow of the tube 3 into its interior.

.lt manifest that while we have shown the invent-i on as applied to abottle neck, it is eipially adapted for use on other contain ers 'lrom which it is desired to remove the liquid contents and prevent refilling thereof. lit is also obvious that while \ve have shown the device as held in place in the bottle neck by taper-in the inner walls of the latter, any other means for attaching the tube and holding it against removal may be employed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters latent, is:

in a miii-refillable bottle, a tube insertible in the neck of a bottle having a valve seat on its interior surroui'tding an inlet opening at its lower end and formed with a closed upper end having discharge perforations therein, a resilient ring on said valve seat, a partition in the tube adjacent to the outer end, an inverted U-shaped pas age in said partition, one branch the passage opening below the partition and the other branch opening above the partition, a loose ball in the tube normally resting on the resilient ring on the valve seat and of a diameter slightly less than the inside diameter ol. the tube. an inward projection in the tube below the partition to limit movement oil the ball, and a pocket in, the inside wall of the tube to receive the ball when the tube is dhsposed horizontally.

in testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subseril'iine' witnesses.

' MAX l'lERGER. p RUDOLPH KVEISBACH. Witnesses:

.lt. f'l. BERRY, J. ll. llnruuno.

Jommissioner of Patents,

Washington, 13. C. 

